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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
albumin levels
low albumin levels < 3.4
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
one week period
2. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
diet recall
vitamin C - citrus fruits
3. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
albumin levels
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
rickets - osteomalacia
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
4. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
day week or month
fats
hemorrhage
vitamin C - citrus fruits
5. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
diet recall
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
protein and fat
6. How many calories/gram is protein?
hemorrhage
4 calories/gram
protein
decrease in total lymphocyte count
7. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
4 calories/gram
review of systems
cream cheese - cream or butter
starches - sugars - and cellulose
8. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
transferrin
apple is higher risk than a pear
300 cal/day increase
decrease in total lymphocyte count
9. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
review of systems
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
18-25
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
10. What does DASH stand for?
diet recall
dietary approach to stop hypertension
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
prealbumin levels
11. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
transferrin
hemoglobin
12. Fats can lead to some medical problems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
18-25
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
13. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
5.5 ounces/day
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
rickets - osteomalacia
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
14. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
albumin levels
protein and fat
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein
15. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
4 calories/gram
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
protein
6 oz. a day
16. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
rickets - osteomalacia
vitamin K
TPN total parenteral nutrition
17. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
apple is higher risk than a pear
dairy and fortified foods
2 cups
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
18. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
day week or month
protein
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
19. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
albumin levels
atrophy or wasting of muscle
one week period
20. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
low albumin levels < 3.4
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
21. Where can you get more vitamin D?
18-25
trans fatty acid
dairy and fortified foods
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
22. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vitamin C - citrus fruits
review of systems
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
23. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
vitamin K
protein and fat
24. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
albumin levels
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
3 cups
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
25. What is normal BMI?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
18-25
liver and intestinal synthesis
26. What is the function of vitamin E?
5.5 ounces/day
antioxidant - immune function
vitamin K
fats
27. What function is vitamin D?
one week period
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
28. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
liver and intestinal synthesis
vitamin C - citrus fruits
pregnant women or elderly
protein
29. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
300 cal/day increase
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
dark green - orange - drybeans
30. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
vitamin K
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
5.5 ounces/day
3 cups
31. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
antioxidant - immune function
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
3 cups
32. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
protein and fat
rickets - osteomalacia
decrease in total lymphocyte count
one week period
33. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
trans fatty acid
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
protein
protein and fat
34. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
500 cal/day
vitamin K
TPN total parenteral nutrition
35. When does BMR decrease?
rickets - osteomalacia
fat soluble vitamins
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
2 cups
36. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
trans fatty acid
protein
300 cal/day increase
37. What is normal albumin levels?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
protein and fat
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
38. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
300 cal/day increase
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
39. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
2 cups
review of systems
one tspn salt or less
pregnant women or elderly
40. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
apple is higher risk than a pear
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
liver and intestinal synthesis
41. Sources of fats
albumin levels
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
42. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
trans fatty acid
B and C
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
43. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
dairy and fortified foods
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dark green - orange - drybeans
44. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
one week period
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
4 calories/gram
fats
45. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
2.5 cups
one tspn salt or less
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
46. What are healthy sources of fats?
essential amino acids
decrease in total lymphocyte count
carrots and sweet potatoes
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
47. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
6 oz. a day
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
rickets - osteomalacia
48. What foods have high quality protein?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
5.5 ounces/day
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
49. What is the function of vitamin C?
dairy and fortified foods
fats
decrease in total lymphocyte count
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
50. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
diet recall
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg